A review by andy_hird
Excession by Iain M. Banks

4.0

I'm very glad a friend recommended this book. Never even heard of the author, and frankly thought it would be a self-indulgent 'space-opera' that made itself as over the top as possible. I almost wanted to stop reading. Glad I didn't. I've never read a story that depicts AI (machine life, rather) in such an interesting way. They're "human" in a way you wouldn't normally expect from a typical sci-fi story.